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Monday, 05 October 2009 12:54 Laptopfreak

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The right side

From the left we have the card reader that supports SD, SDHC and MMC. After it we have the audio jacks followed by a couple of USB 2.0 ports and the RJ-45 port for Ethernet LAN.

The left side

From the left we have the DC jack for the charger, followed by the VGA output. After that a Kensington lock slot and a vent for cooling.

Hinges

The hinges consist of an iron rod clad in plastic. They are fairly strong, ensuring the display does not flex.

Buttons/Diodes

There is one button on either side above the keyboard. The left one is used to (de)activate the touchpad while the right one is simply the power button. Both are lit by blue diodes when the computer is turned on.

At the right side of the front we have a number of status diodes. The first indicates whether the computer is on or off, the second shows battery status, the third hard drive activity, the fourth WiFi status and the fifth whether Caps Lock is active. The diodes are all blue except for the second one, which is orange.

Keyboard and Touchpad

The touchpad is not really highlighted in any manner, although it does have a bit if texture in the form of tiny bumps that you can feel when you run your finger over them. They are only really visible when lit from a certain angle. The speed is good and the sensitivity adequate, although you have to get used to the small size first. Working with the “mouse” buttons can get slightly annoying because rather than having two separate buttons, they are integrated into a single button. This means you cannot depress the middle of it and that bothered me quite a bit. Still, it works fine even if it is a bit noisy.

The keys have a nice little feature that can be seen in the picture above. There is a small raised line, which can help you navigate around the keyboard without looking. The keyboard is suitably large and you quickly get used to it. The arrow keys have been given a slightly odd location, but that is something you get over swiftly as well.

Display

The display is a 10 incher with LED-backlighting and running a resolution of 1024 x 600, also known as WSVGA. There are 16 levels of brightness which can be controlled via FN key shortcuts. The backlighting is homogenous, meaning that the brightness is the same on every point on the display. If you change the angle of view by looking at it from the left, the brightness is reduced a bit but the colours stay as they should. The view from below gives both weaker colours and less brightness, whereas the view from above gives stronger colours and brightness. The frontal angle of view is optimal though.

Noise and Heat
The computer really does not make any noise when idle, or even when working for that matter. At a BurnBench test the fan did start going at it, but it is still silent all in all. The computer does not get too hot, no matter whether it is at full performance or not, so you could not ask for more in that department.

Speakers
The speakers are pretty much of the quality you would expect for such a small machine - not very impressive. The volume cannot be cranked up all that much, and the sound quality itself is not too good. There is no bass but plenty of treble. It is okay for listening to some music now and then, but you really should not expect too much.